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Education Minister Paul Calandra, however, said he won't use the notwithstanding clause if he moves to eliminate trustees in Ontario.

Contracts for Ontario's teachers and education workers expire this summer and their union leaders are calling on the education minister to start the bargaining process early.

Education Minister Paul Calandra released testing data at the end of last year after sitting on it for weeks to consider scores he acknowledged were 'not good enough.'

Education Minister Paul Calandra has put eight school boards under supervision over the past year, sidelining trustees at some of the province's largest school boards.

Doug Ford announced the idea in a social media post on Wednesday evening, saying he had told Education Minister Paul Calandra to work out how schools could make it possible.

Ontario's provincial members of parliament are heading back to Queen's Park Monday, as the legislature sits for the first time since December.

The mayors of Brampton and Mississauga are pushing back on a Ford government plan to amalgamate 36 conservation authorities. They say the move will slow housing approvals.

The new legislation includes a range of measures around official plans, the building code and a suite of highway and transit changes.

Mark Carney and Doug Ford were among the politicians at a major event Monday morning to unveil the overhaul of how new housing and its infrastructure are paid for in Ontario. 

According to the 2026 budget, Ontario will spend $200 million to reduce the markup for products at the LCBO, alongside reducing taxes for local producers.

The five highest-paid college leaders earned an average of $507,000 in 2025, according to data on the annual sunshine list, a year in which hundreds of staff were laid off. 

Minister Todd McCarthy confirmed this week he would amalgamate the province's 36 conservation authorities into just nine, something he aims to achieve in the next year.

Beginning in September, teachers will be able to use the money to buy writing supplies, calculators, chalk, art, crafts and tissues, among other classroom supplies. 

Ontario's privacy watchdog says a Ford government plan to shield the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff from FOI laws is out step with rules elsewhere in Canada.

The same legislation will shrink the size of regional governments in both Niagara and Simcoe County, providing chairs their own version of strong mayor powers.

As the finance minister tabled the 2026 provincial budget on Thursday, he warned that geopolitical change has "reached our shores," requiring the province to spill more red ink. 

The Ministry of Education suggested in a statement that some parents had struggled with digital report cards, which generally need to be downloaded using a password.

The province announced the changes at an event on Tuesday, marking a minor shift from a previous plan to reduce the number of conservation authorities down to just seven.

The Ford government confirmed that the Peel District School Board would be under provincial supervision, a move that has sidelined trustees and replaced them with an appointee.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford saw his attempts to stop his cellphone records being partially released blocked by a panel of judges. Critics say he's changing the law as a result.